The Vermont Statutes Online

Title 10: Conservation and Development

Chapter 005: State Building at Eastern States Exposition

• § 51. Vermont building

  The Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets is hereby invested with the management and control of the operation and affairs of the Vermont building at Eastern States Exposition. The Secretary shall cooperate with public and private agencies for the purpose of exhibiting the resources, products, and general development of the State of Vermont and for advertising its agricultural, industrial, and recreational possibilities. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 18(a), eff. March 1, 1961; 1977, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)

• § 52. Maintenance

  The Department of Buildings and General Services shall be responsible for the maintenance of the land and buildings and repair and alterations of the physical structure including adequate coverage by insurance. (Amended 1983, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), § 4(a), eff. April 11, 1984.)

• § 53. Assistants

  The Secretary may, with the approval of the Governor, employ such persons to carry out the operation of such building, including the rental or lease or sale of rental or exhibition space of any portion of such building upon such terms and conditions as the Secretary shall determine. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 18(a), eff. March 1, 1961; 1977, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)

• § 54. Rental of building; disposition of funds

  The Secretary may rent the building or parts thereof for exhibition purposes to available exhibitors with reasonable preference being given to exhibitors from this State and, with the approval of the Governor, may rent or lease any part or all of the building to such parties and upon such terms and conditions and for such purposes as they shall determine to be in the best interests of the State, and the income therefrom shall be paid to the State Treasurer and held by him or her in a separate fund for the purposes of this chapter. The Commissioner of Finance and Management shall issue his or her warrant for the payment from such fund of all sums expended or due for the purposes herein authorized. (Amended 1959, No. 328 (Adj. Sess.), § 8(b); 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 18(a), eff. March 1, 1961; 1977, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1983, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5(b); 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2011, No. 104 (Adj. Sess.), § 28a.)

• § 55. Repealed. 1999, No. 49, § 130.